Buyer profile · Local authority

Babergh District Council tenders and contracts

East of EnglandIpswichWebsite

Tenders published
8
About one every 46 days
Contracts awarded
17
To 21 different suppliers
Value awarded
£7.15m
10 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£564k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
1 contracts end in 90 days

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

Babergh District Council has no tenders open right now.

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 3 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. 2 contracts
  2. 1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. 1 contract
  5. 1 contract
  6. 1 contract
  7. 1 contract
  8. O Seaman & Son LtdSMENot stated
    2 contracts

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)51%
  • Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)17%
  • Direct award (no competition)31%
Based on 35 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Babergh District Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Advertised openly
51%
Lower than 52% of local authorities
Based on 35 procurements
Won by small firms
57%
Lower than 78% of local authorities
Based on 23 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
4
Fewer than 56% of local authorities
Based on 7 awards
Split into lots
50%
Higher than 96% of local authorities
Based on 8 advertised tenders
Direct awards
31%
Higher than 60% of local authorities
Based on 35 procurements
Cancelled
0%
Lower than 60% of local authorities
Based on 8 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Bids per contract, 284 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids78
4–6 bids89
6–8 bids57
8–10 bids18
10–12 bids16
12–14 bids8
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids0
20+ bids9
Advertised openly, 418 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%21
10–20%29
20–30%44
30–40%46
40–50%47
50–60%52
60–70%45
70–80%27
80–90%44
90–100%63
Won by small firms, 394 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%0
10–20%2
20–30%6
30–40%13
40–50%25
50–60%70
60–70%109
70–80%88
80–90%54
90–100%27

Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Babergh District Council.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

ContractCurrent supplierValueEnds
Playing Pitch StrategyKnight Kavanagh and Page£43k30 Nov 2026

2 more contracts end in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards